TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nagai,Kafu
TI  - 腕くらべ
AV  - PL 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
KW  - Geishas -- Fiction
KW  - Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha_in_Rivalry; Release date is 2010-12-13; Produced by Kaoru Tanaka and Sachiko Hill; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "腕くらべ" by Kafu Nagai is a Japanese novel written between 1916-1917 about the geisha district of Shimbashi in early 20th-century Tokyo. The story follows Komayo, a geisha who returns to the pleasure quarters after her husband's death. She navigates complicated relationships with two men: Yoshioka, a calculating businessman who offers financial security, and Segawa, a kabuki performer she passionately desires. Through betrayals and rivalries with other geisha, Komayo struggles to balance love, loyalty, and her quest for independence in a world where emotional detachment is survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34636
ER  -